Charlie wrote in message
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On Thu, 26 Jul 2007 22:22:50 -0500, "cat daddy"
wrote:


All I can hope is that in this time period, we won't damage the planet
irreparably so that it can continue.

And what do you think our chances are that we *haven't* damaged our
nest past the point of no return?

I'm not being a wiseass, I am serious. I am in a rather "we're
screwed" state of mind and wonder if I have lost my perspective, and
Hope.

I doesn't look good at all, to me.

Yet we go on because we must. What else can we do?

Sorry for not getting back on this sooner. Other stuff got in the way.
And, I can't begin to do justice to the question you pose.
But, the history of this planet has had such a mindblowing diversity of
life, existing and going extinct for vast ages beyond our comprehension.
Humans are just a blip. I have no doubt the planet and many more wondrous
lifeforms will exist until the Sun goes nova.
It's a shame, with our alleged intellect, that we can't seem to recognize
and avoid the petty pitfalls that may not see our species through to the
end.

But, one thing happened recently that gave me hope, both for us and the
species we share this rock with. I was dismayed, as many others, at the
decline of the bees. I had only *three* bees this Spring hanging around the
oxalis blossoms. I had direct evidence that something really bad was going
on.
But last week, I went out back and the coralvines were blooming, and they
were covered in hundreds of bees. Every day since, I've gone out there just
to watch them and hope that they have recovered and overcome whatever it was
that happened to them.
I read that one reason that Monsanto et. al. doesn't want farmers saving
seeds (beyond the obvious profit threat) is that the GMO mods don't last in
succeeding generations. Nature tends to slough off our meddling. That makes
me feel good.
Nature may, in fact, slough off humans sooner rather than later. It's
probably what we deserve. But, as long as the bees make it, I'm alright with
that......